VAPULATEa) to see, to look, to observeb) to beat or strikec) to vomitd) to soil, to defile

Today's Featured WordUSTORIOUS

ADJ.characterized by the faculty or power of burning; able to be burnt; combustible ...1724 obs.

ETYMOLOGYfrom Latin ustus pa. pple. of urere to burn + -orious

FIRST DOCUMENTED USE1724 - see EXAMPLE below

EXAMPLE"...It is by an ustorious Quality in the Mirrour or Glass, and by a cleaving power in the Wedge, arising from a certain unknown substantial Form in them..."From: Logick: or, The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry After TruthBy: Isaac Watts, 1724